Food-grade floor coatings

Food-grade floors complement the industrial PU floors already covered in detail in Level A (Application 24), but with specific focus on food and pharmaceutical sector requirements: regulatory compliance with incidental food contact, resistance to aggressive daily cleaning, resistance to fats and oils that cause slipping (and consequently occupational accidents), resistance to severe thermal shock (steam washing at 80°C on floor refrigerated at 4°C), and sanitary geometry (cove bases — rounded sanitary baseboards that connect floor and wall without sharp corners). PU cementitious is the dominant technology in high-demand plants (dairies, cold storage facilities, breweries) due to its unique combination of thermal, chemical and mechanical resistance. Market in strong growth driven by modernization of existing food plants and by growth of the Brazilian pharmaceutical sector.